Account Executive (DACH)

Job Description

Your mission

You will be the first Account Executive in the DACH region, responsible for continuing to grow our client pipeline and contribute to the direction and execution of the go-to-market strategy.

Our mission

We are an AI startup that empowers developers to build applications that use natural language as the interface to data. Our open-source framework Haystack is used by thousands of developers to build LLM applications. Our LLM platform, deepset Cloud, enables enterprises worldwide to unlock the potential of large language models for their business cases. Come join our team and work with tech experts on real-world cases, in a fast-paced and high-impact environment, and shape the AI space together with us.

Life at deepset

At deepset you will find an environment ​with equal opportunities to grow, share ideas, build relationships, and succeed. We believe every employee is important and generates a direct impact on our team’s success.

We are certified by Flexa® Careers as a flexible employer, and our remote first culture is designed to provide work-life balance, autonomy, and flexibility.

Our daily meetings, the quarterly in person "re:base", and the social events allow us to work with great synergy. We would like to invite you to visit our life page to learn more about our culture.

Your impact

• Achieve annual Enterprise bookings quota, with monthly and quarterly targets, managing your own pipeline and forecast, and closing deals
• Work collaboratively with the Marketing and Product teams to use modern ABM and inbound marketing approaches, creating targeted messaging and collateral, and mapping the customer journey to your specific region
• Work with the Solution Engineering team to design and adapt our offerings for your target client prospects
• Perform complementary PG and participate in regional marketing events as needed to support your pipeline
• Track, review, and evolve deal win rate, and forecast accuracy through a proactive sales cycle, contributing to the Sales strategy
• Build relationships at multiple levels of Enterprise accounts, from developers to executive C-suite leaders, and manage complex Enterprise deals and negotiations

Your profile

• Experienced at working in a high performing Enterprise Sales team for a B2B technology company, with 5+ years of overall experience
• Fluent in German and English, with strong communication and relationship-building skills, and empathy for different personas in client teams
• Confident in managing complex sales processes with multiple stakeholders and negotiations with pricing based on business value, legal and procurement, with a successful track record of closing deals
• Curious and eager to learn, excited about technology and Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in particular
• Comfortable working remotely and travelling to client and team meetings up to 50% of the time

Perks

• Remote-first: You can choose to work from home or any other workspace that suits you. We offer a home office budget for equipment and furniture, and we would be happy to sponsor a coworking spot.
• Grow: Personal and professional growth are important to us. We have an annual learning and development budget, and also the opportunity to speak at conferences, internal knowledge sharing, and workshops.
• Connect: We have a virtual office, a monthly social budget to reconnect virtually or in person, online walks and talks with colleagues from other teams, and a flexible travel policy that enables you to meet colleagues in person for special occasions.
• Re:base: We meet in person on a quarterly basis, because we believe it’s important to get to know each other. We have fruitful discussions, we hold workshops, we brainstorm together, and we have leisure activities and fun.
• You are an owner: All employees are enrolled in the employee stock option plan and own a part of the company.
• Personal time off: If you want to recharge and travel the world - there are 27 days of paid vacation and you earn an additional day for each year completed with deepset (up to 30 days).
• Choose your tech: Linux, Windows, or macOS? The choice is yours and we will provide what you need.
• Pension fund and Health Insurance fitting with your main working location: All full-time employees are eligible for the pension plan. We also offer health, dental, and vision for employees in the US, in compliance with the local market.
• Travel Insurance: We want you to be secure during your travels. Therefore, we offer every employee additional travel insurance.
• Sports budget: To boost your health and well-being, we offer a monthly allowance for your sports activity.
• Oliva - employee mental wellbeing benefit: To boost your well-being, we offer a benefit that helps you to respond to pivotal moments at work and beyond.
• Dog-friendly: Our main co-working partner Mindspace welcomes dogs, so you can also bring your best friend to the office.
• Enhanced days off for Family Sick Leave: We offer additional days in case your child gets sick.
• Additional days off: We don't work on the 24th & the 31st of December.
• Flexible working hours: You can adapt your work to your private life.

What colleagues say

• “Like many others, I learned about deepset through the German Bert model. I'm proud to be part of a truly cutting-edge NLP company and excited to enable others to utilize our technology.” (Miriam, Team Lead Solution Engineering)
• “I joined deepset because I'm excited by the transformational opportunities that AI presents to businesses across all industries. Their commitment to fostering adoption in a technology-agnostic manner aligns with my vision for the future of AI, and ultimately, I'm excited to be a part of a team that shares these values.” (Blake Yu, Director of Sales Europe)